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SolVanderlyn · Feb 18, 2016

Alright, so Skyrim was a huge hit. Fallout 4 was a huge hit. Fallout 4 also got critically panned for dumbing down the formula, especially the conversation trees. Bethesda says that they've learned from Fallout 4, and are changing things up for their next game.

What would you like to see from ESVI? There's a few things to consider:

1) Where would you like it to take place? Tamriel is a very rich world, with lots of established lore and locations. The next game will surely take place in one of the regions we have yet to see in a modern Elder Scrolls game (Elder Scrolls Online excluded, of course).

2) How would you like the game to be structured? FO4 introduced a voiced protagonist with a history, a story arc, and even somewhat of a pre-established personality. Would you like to see this continue into the Elder Scrolls series?

3) What do you want to see return from previous games? What do you want to see left behind?

4) What new mechanics do you want to see from the game? How can it be brought to a modern standard?

lastplayed · Feb 18, 2016

I really want to see more weapon variety.

Are pikes and spears really that hard?

ohblahitsme · Feb 18, 2016

In before dark souls style combat?

Dark souls style combat.

anexanhume · Feb 18, 2016

I want to see some Akavir involvement. I love the number of unique items and NPCs in Morrowind, so I'd like to see that come back. Hopefully they can take some quest pointers from Obsidian and CDPR.

Skii · Feb 18, 2016

Combat system that isn't absolutely horrible.

That is a key element they have to modernise. They need to understand that a large portion of people weren't even happy with TW3's combat so they really need to step up in that area.

Combat resembling Skyrim will most likely ruin the experience for a lot of us.

Thanks Dark Souls

yanipheonu · Feb 18, 2016

More Skyrim quests and less Fallout 4 quests.

Give Skyrim credit, there were memorable quests. Like getting too drunk and ending up in a temple somewhere way across the map, or going to a dinner party and trying to sneak your way into the rest of the building.

Fallout 4 had nothing close to that, really. All of them were so simple and unmemorable. Too many quests in that game were "Find Quest Item, Go to area, reach end of area, quest over." There was a quest that ended the moment I entered a building.

"You found that building that tape you found told you about! Congratulations, quest complete!"

natsuyasumi · Feb 18, 2016

I expect Gamebryo.

diffusionx · Feb 18, 2016

All the arrows in all the knees

Trago · Feb 18, 2016

If Todd Howard's at the helm, streamlined to hell.

Philippo · Feb 18, 2016

Reskinned Fallout 4, sadly.

DocSeuss · Feb 18, 2016

Better take place in Elsweyr in a post-apoalyptic future where the elves took over the world and you lead a human/argonian resistance to murder everything in the universe.

And there are guns.

Most importantly of all, even less abstraction than Skyrim/FO4 and more simulation elements.

Jackpot · Feb 18, 2016

Honestly? More of exactly the same with very little improvements.

CountAntonius · Feb 18, 2016

Another game that is fun but that will ultimately fail to live up to Morrowind.

Ian · Feb 18, 2016

I expect it to consume every second of free time I might have, much like its predecessor did

Thorn · Feb 18, 2016

Talking MC.

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lazygecko · Feb 18, 2016

Skii said:
Combat system that isn't absolutely horrible.

That is a key element they have to modernise. They need to understand that a large portion of people weren't even happy with TW3's combat so they really need to step up in that area.

Combat resembling Skyrim will most likely ruin the experience for a lot of us.

Thanks Dark Souls

It doesn't even have to be like Dark Souls. Dark (heh) Messiah uses pretty much the same melee/magic/stealth first person action RPG combat as TES, but executed infinitely better and is actually fun and satisfying.

oakenhild · Feb 18, 2016

yanipheonu said:
More Skyrim quests and less Fallout 4 quests.

Give Skyrim credit, there were memorable quests. Like getting too drunk and ending up in a temple somewhere way across the map, or going to a dinner party and trying to sneak your way into the rest of the building.

Fallout 4 had nothing close to that, really. All of them were so simple and unmemorable. Too many quests in that game were "Find Quest Item, Go to area, reach end of area, quest over." There was a quest that ended the moment I entered a building.

"You found that building that tape you found! Congratulations, quest complete!"

This would be good. I did like those Skyrim quests. I need story driven quests that go beyond what we've seen so much of lately (empty fetch/escort/kill quests).

Roe · Feb 18, 2016

Skyrim was a step back, so probably a return to Oblivion and older Elder scrolls.

Pinko Marx · Feb 18, 2016

What I expect is for them to follow the same trajectory they have been going since Oblivion, which means less RPing and more straight action.

Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku! · Feb 18, 2016

I hope it doesn't take place on Akavir. There are a ton of places on Cyrodiil that they need to explore before going there.

Cert.in.Death · Feb 18, 2016

Beside bugs + glitches?

I'm not sure what I want from ESVI. Most of all, I want melee combat to be more satisfying and inherently more difficult.

Creaking · Feb 18, 2016

SolVanderlyn said:
2) How would you like the game to be structured? FO4 introduced a voiced protagonist with a history, a story arc, and even somewhat of a pre-established personality. Would you like to see this continue into the Elder Scrolls series?

I tolerate it in Fallout 4, but I still don't like it. Would not tolerate it in The Elder Scrolls.

CHC · Feb 18, 2016

Jackpot said:
Honestly? More of exactly the same with very little improvements.

Yep. What I want.... I could write a book about. But there is no fucking way in hell they're changing that rickety old engine at this point - not if they didn't do it for a generational leap.

jennetics · Feb 18, 2016

Give me more dragons (or other giant winged creatures) to randomly attack me.

RevenWolf · Feb 18, 2016

Just remake morrowind with super graphics, and more voice acting.

The combat would still not be great but at least we get the options and variety we had like a decade ago...

danthefan · Feb 18, 2016

What I would like and what I expect are different things. I expect an open world, loads of jank, and crappy combat.

I would love a more polished experience. Witcher 3 has shown you can do huge scale without the insane level of bugs and jank (though there was still some). I really want a great story I can invest in too.

The Abominable Snowman · Feb 18, 2016

VR! Please, give me VR support!

Dylan Sexbang · Feb 18, 2016

More Patrick Stewart

timetokill · Feb 18, 2016

If we follow the Bethesda arc, I fully expect it to lack any roleplaying whatsoever, and you'll have a voiced protag where every option is basically the same as far as the game is concerned.

Aces&Eights · Feb 18, 2016

I don't expect more than what we will get. Fallout 4 really upped the graphics and world over Fallout 3 so we will get a much richer world than we saw in Skyrim but that is it. I just don't see Gamebyro being able to be reworked so much that it produces stellar combat, facial animations, etc. We are getting more of the same with sharper textures, sadly.

SictorVullivan · Feb 18, 2016

Hopefully a good combat system for starters.

Trogdor1123 · Feb 18, 2016

Just more fun and lots of cool, diverse,locations. I've really enjoyed the series so far.

Vital Tundra · Feb 18, 2016

I don't know, but if they give the MC a background I won't even give the game a chance. Skyrim was already a step down with the class system being completely shit on, I couldn't take much more streamlining and FO4 design choices.

HotHamBoy · Feb 18, 2016

Boredom.

jb1234 · Feb 18, 2016

Bad writing. Bugs. Boredom.

Inkvoterad · Feb 18, 2016

Like fallout 4 but in the elder scrolls universe but with EVEN LESS replay/roleplay value.

I would like them to take a look at Messiah: Might and magic's combat system atleast.

Caayn · Feb 18, 2016

Shivering Isles part 2 is what I'd like to see. Anything as long as it's not a boring gray depressive world like in Skyrim.

Stevey · Feb 18, 2016

New engine, better combat, more in depth levelling up and skills etc etc. Make it an actual RPG this time maybe?

IncognitoPanda · Feb 18, 2016

Personally I don't need voice, don't feel it adds a lot. And I don't need superficial choice wheels.

I would perhaps like a deeper customization-bit. In Skyrim end-game, everyone was walking around with Daedric Armor. It's a bit boring to have ONE armor set that's better then all.

I really want to see Hammerfell in current gen graphics, but other than that, simply a new TES is all I need!

(Although, better combat is always welcomed)

Spacejaws · Feb 18, 2016

Guns and unlimited grenades.

Leafhopper · Feb 18, 2016

What I want is preferably a new engine and maybe Bethesda game I find fun for once.

What I expect though is:

Philippo said:
Reskinned Fallout 4, sadly.

Roe said:
Skyrim was a step back, so probably a return to Oblivion and older Elder scrolls.

Skyrim sold too much for them to even consider that I think.

kris. · Feb 18, 2016

i expect glitches.

i want a gameplay experience similar to Morrowind in a vastly bigger playing area with a large variety of environments to explore. i will get neither.

shortsFortallPeople · Feb 18, 2016

Mediocre writing with a bad plot and not so good animations.
Oh and bugs of course

EVA UNIT 01 · Feb 18, 2016

Expect or want?

I want combat that has good feedback and a main plot that dosent blow.

I expect the opposite.

Cameron122 · Feb 18, 2016

Better combat is a must, but you know what would be cool?

Dynamic rebellion against the thalmor!

Adaren · Feb 18, 2016

After two cut-and-dry fantasy settings, a return to the weirdness of Morrowind.

So either Elsweyr or Black Marsh.

Also better combat, but I don't really know how.

Also no voiced player character, please god.

shiftplusone · Feb 18, 2016

bad combat
uninteresting story
1 good companion and 10 terrible ones
a dog?

Foffy · Feb 18, 2016

Is "bugs" a genuine answer?

MetroidPrimeRib · Feb 18, 2016

With the way the Elder Scrolls series has progressed, I expect VI to hardly qualify as an RPG at all.

And it will still have garbage combat.

Aces&Eights · Feb 18, 2016

animlboogy said:
snip... It always felt out of place that you'd become a demigod in ES games but still live like a murder hobo.

See, that was fun, though for a bit. I feel the problem is they are just resting on their body of work saying, "See the world we have made! Here is another game in it!" without really going in with new tools and ideas and creating something fresh. Witcher 3 had some issues for sure but man, it got a lot of stuff right. Quests were engaging and unique, subplots deep and expansive. Souls games show us that combat can take time to master and that bosses really are engaging and take skill to defeat.

Elder Scrolls games just take the same paint by numbers book that they have used for years and give us new drawings. I wish that they really went in deep with a scalpel and created a brand new combat system, weapons that were not redundant, real bosses that are not just a guy standing there spamming a spell at you, etc.

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